Definitions for ambit

ambit am·bit

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IPA: /ˈæm bɪt/

Ambit is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in ambit (abimt).

Definitions for ambit

noun

  1. circumference; circuit.
  2. boundary; limit.
  3. a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope:

Origin of ambit

1350-1400; Middle English Latin ambitus a going around, equivalent to amb- ambi- + itus a going (i- (stem of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action)

Examples for ambit

But he determined the key to the solution lay within that ambit.

Is there jurisdiction in the Courts to review in such a context as this taking into account the ambit of ss.

The purpose was manifestly to make the ambit of review under the Act at least as wide as at common law.

They have come within the ambit of law enforcement by violating some law: drunk driving for example.

This simile to Nonconformity also holds good a little when we seek to ascertain the ambit of Richardson's popularity.

The whole surface of my ambit was spread out like a miniature map in my eye, and continues to be.

Against this it was maintained that Kimberley was outside the ambit of the army's high and mighty consideration.

I saw for the first time an horizon as an arc suggesting how wide is our ambit.

This approach easily sweeps Assange and WikiLeaks into its ambit.

Whether they are in the ambit covered by Madoff's alleged help to the SEC is not publicly known.

Word Value for ambit
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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